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- noun A
phospholipid consisting of twopalmitic acids , the major constituent of pulmonary surfactant.
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Examples
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Crowe JH (1988) Trehalose and dry dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine revisited.
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Tu K, Tobias DJ, Klein ML (1995) Constant pressure and temperature molecular dynamics simulation of a fully hydrated liquid crystal phase dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer.
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